Vanity case



July 5, 1938. F. N. LEWIS 2,122,983

VANITY CASE Filed Dec. 31, 1936 INVENTOR Patented July 1:938

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VANI AS Florence Lewis, New York, -N. Y.Application December 31, 93 Serial n 113.531 3 Claims. (Cl. 132-83) Myinvention relates to improvements in conta s f co m t or the i e. and mticularly to a vanity case containing a plurality of cosmetics, and itis the principal object of my invention to provide a container of thistype which occupies but little space, and which is quickly and easilyopened and closed.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a nnvel springmeans, whereby the opening of a container of this character isautomatically effected. I

Another object of the invention is the pro; vision of a mirror in such acontainer which automatically comes into view when a lipstick or othercosmetic is removed from its housing.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a novelVanity case, including an outwardly accessible removable member, thevanity case being opened automatically'when said 2O accessible member isremoved.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the followingdescription and drawing which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof,it being understood that the above general statement of the objects ofmy invention is intended merely to generally explainthe same and not tolimit it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of the improved vanity case in closedposition.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the vanity case with the cover releasedand the rouge compartment in open position.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the powder compartment inopen position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the lipstick casing.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the lipstick partiallyprotruding from the casing.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line 6-6 of 40 Fig, 5.

Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged rear fragmentary View of the housing showing thehinges in section.

Referring to the drawing, I designates the hinged top cover of thevanity case. Said cover houses a mirror 2. This cover is provided with adepression 3 at its free edge to accommodate the base or flange 4 of alipstick casing 5 so that the 50 front wall 6 of the vanity case and thebase or flange 4 will be flush when the lipstick casing is in theposition shown in Fig. 1 and the vanity case is closed. Said base orflange 4 has integrally connected therewith, a latch 8 which may haveany ornamental form and which can be caused to slide over the top coverI to hold said cover in a closed position when the cover I has beenturned to its closed position. The turning of the cover to its closedposition, winds up the torsion hinge spring 9. The construction of thisspring 9 will be explained later in further detail. The hinges I9connect the cover I to the rear wall 9a of the vanity case. A plate I2is hinged as at I3 to the upper edge of the side wall id of the vanitycase and said plate I2 has a recess I5 formed therein for the receptionof a cosmetic such as rouge. A cover It for the re cess i5 is hinged tothe plate I2, as shown at II, and this cover is preferably provided witha hinged lug I8 to enablethe user to lift the lid I 6 with herfinger-nail. Said lug 18 has a spring I9 associated therewith whichkeeps said lug in the inclined position shown in Fig. 2. When the coveris closed, cover It is flush with the top of recess I5, and lug L8enters depression 29 which isforrned in plate I2. Spring I9 moves lug I8above plate I2 when cover I is opened, so that lug I8 can be readilygrasped.

A lug 2I is hinged to the plate I2 as 22 to enable the user to lift theplate I2 with her finger-nail. Said hinge 22 also has a hinge spring anda recess 23 is formed in said plate [2 to receive said lug 2| when thecover I is closed.

A wallis provided which divides the lower section into two chambers 25and 26. Said chamber 25 is adapted to receive a cosmetic such as .fa epowd r an awsi r is c n e within a compartment 21 which includes apowder sifter, although this sifter forms no part of my invention perse. The other chamber 26 is totally enclosed save at one end thereof andit is adapted to receive the lipstick casing 5. Said chamber 26 has awall which is formed with a recess or cut-out 28 to receive the lug 29,which is suitably connected by means of a stud 29a to a lipstick holder30, said lug 29 enabling said lipstick holder to be slid to and fro inits casing 5. Said casing 5 is provided with a slot 3| in which the stud29a travels.

As explained before, the cover I is hinged at II] to the rear wall 6aand a torsion spring 9 is associated therewith. The construction of saidspring 9 is best shown in Fig. 8. Said spring 9 is preferably ofcylindrical shape although my invention is not to be limited in thisrespect. Said spring 9 is firmly riveted at 32 to the cover I at the endwall I4 and said spring turns with the cover. However, instead of beingriveted spring 9 might be brazed or welded to the cover in any suitablemanner. Said spring 9 extends to the other end wall Ma and is therefirmly riveted or otherwise secured at 33 to the body of the vanitycase. Said spring 9 is drawn from steel or other metal having a hightensile strength, and it has the appearance of an ordinary piece ofwire. It is first connected .at .32 to the cover and at 33 to the bodyof the vanity case, when the vanity case is in its open position. It cannow be seen that When the cover I is caused to turn to the closingposition, the end of the torsion spring 9 which is riveted at 32 willbegin to turn with the cover and the intermediate portion of the springwill turn in the hinges I0 Whereas the end of the.

spring which is riveted at 33 to the body of the vanity case will remainstationary, being firmly connected to the rear wall of the body of thevanity case. This will tend to wind up the spring 9 and unlessrestrained by the latch 8, the cover will return to its normal openposition.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that I have provided a compactwhich requires a minimum space for the contents therein and that thespring which enables the compact to be opened contributes to this end byoccupying a minimum space, as is necessary in such an article, whilebeing entirely effective in its performance.

The compact may be of any shape but in the present embodiment of theinvention is rectan-' gular. The external portions of the compact may beenameled, engraved or otherwise decorated for the usual aestheticreasons. The latch 8 forms an extension of the flange 4 of the lipstickcase. When the vanity case is closed, the lipstick case can be readilywithdrawn from cham ber 26, thus releasing cover I.

While I have disclosed what I consider to be a preferred form of theinvention in such manner that the same may be understood by thoseskilled in the art, I am aware that changes may be made in the detailsdisclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention asexpressed in the claims.

I claim:

1. A vanity case comprising a body portion and a cover connected to saidbody portion by a hinge, a spring associated with said hinge andoperative to hold the cover in normally open position, a partitiondividing said body portion into two compartments, one of saidcompartments being shaped to slidably receive a lipstick casing, alipstick casing which fits slidably in said compartment, said casingbeing slidable to-and-fro in said compartment in a directionperpendicular to said hinge, said lipstick casing having a lipstickholder slidably located therein, said lipstick casing having alongitudinal slot in its longitudinal wall, a lug external to said walland having a shank which is located in said slot and which is connectedto the lipstick holder, said lipstick casing having an end wall which isperpendicular to said longitudinal wall, said end-Wall having a latchextension which is parallel to said longitudinal wall and which isspaced from said longitudinal wall, said lug being adjacent saidend-wall of the lipstick casing when the lipstick holder is fullyretracted within said lipstick casing, a wall of said compartment hav-'ing an end recess to receive said lug when the lipstick casing is fullyinserted into its compartment, said latch extension abutting the coverto hold it closed when the lipstick casing is thus fully inserted, saidlug being located in said recess and being external to said body portionwhen the lipstick casing is fully inserted into its compartment.

2. A vanity case having a body, a main cover hinged to said body, asupplemental plate hinged to said body and movable into said body andout of said body, said supplemental plate having a depressed cosmeticreceptacle, a supplemental cover for said receptacle, said supplementalcover being hinged to said supplemental plate, a fingermain cover hingedto said body portion, a supplemental plate hinged to said body portionand movable into said body portion and out of said body portion, saidsupplemental plate having a depressed cosmetic receptacle, a finger-holdlug connected to said supplemental plate by a hinge, said supplementalplate having a depression to house said lug when the main cover isclosed, a spring associated with said finger-hold projection andoperative to move it out of its recess when the main cover is moved tothe open position.

FLORENCE N. LEWIS.

